Thursday, March 15, 2012

Many of you have heard of the popular book, Raising Maidens of Virtue, by my friend, Stacy McDonald, who is also the author ofPassionate Housewives Desperate for God. I have personally used this book with my own daughters as a helpful guiding tool and we have all been blessed by it immensely. Good books for daughters are few and far between-- one that addresses all the issues without unnecessary fluff with sound doctrine is always appreciated!

Now did you know that Stacy has added SEVERAL NEW chapters to this book? Take a peek:

A Little Further Down the Road
The Heart of Chastity
The Beauty of Chastity
So This Is...Love?
The Bath
Will Striving to Become a Maiden of Virtue Save Me?
Modesty Promotes Friendship

(current photo of Stacy and her family)

An excerpt:

"I was 22 years old and a brand new Christian when something happened to me that forever impacted my opinion of how to approach immodesty in new Christians. An older woman, the precious lady who led me to the Lord, became very frustrated with me after she and her family invited me to visit their beach cabin.

I had been walking around in front of my friend’s husband and teen sons all weekend long in a bikini, with just a light, open, button down shirt thrown over the top of it. Finally, in obvious frustration, she told me I needed to “go put some clothes on!”

I was horrified and so embarrassed! I still remember standing there on the beach wondering if I should run to the cabin or bury myself in the sand. Maybe a wave would swallow me. I felt like the “emperor who had no clothes!” All of a sudden I realized I was practically naked – and had been, all weekend!

I recall wishing that she would have been frank with me about modesty at the beginning of the weekend (privately and gently). Her hesitancy caused her own unnecessary frustration, and it cost me immense humiliation. While I had noticed her coolness toward me that weekend, I hadn’t realized what was causing it."

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I think my greatest challenge raising girls in our modern culture may be encouraging them to remain pure. The challenge for me is not so much now that they are little girls, but I think it will come later on as they begin to head out into the world to do God's will and are confronted with this culture that perverts sex in such an openly social way.

One of my biggest desires for my girls is that they look at the world with a Godly point of view, rather than a worldly one. Society gives us so many messages that are in conflict with God's word. I pray that as they grow they will be able to see the difference and use it to form their beliefs and actions. I would love to see what this book has to say in that regard!

I think a challenge for us raising our daughters is to encourage them to remain pure in our modern culture. The challenge is not as great when they are little girls, but it will be more when they grow up and head out into the world to do God's will. Specially if they remain single as young women living in this society where sex outside of God's purpose is glorified in such an open way.

I think a challenge for us raising our daughters is to encourage them to remain pure in our modern culture. The challenge is not as great when they are little girls, but it will be more when they grow up and head out into the world to do God's will. Specially if they remain single as young women living in this society where sex outside of God's purpose is glorified in such an open way.

My greatest hope in raising my daughter is that she will come to love the lord passionately first of all. With that in mind, I need to not only pay attention to all the bits and pieces to enable her in this, I have to do some learning myself. I come from a devastating childhood and I learned a lot about the wrong things and very little, to nothing, about who I am as a child of God. My habits are hard to break and it is an uphill battle everyday trying to turn things around. Most of the time I feel like a failure. I've made huge strides but it is hard to see them. I don't want this for my daughter and I want to provide for her a vision so that she won't struggle like I do and so that she will continue what I have started.

My greatest hope is that my daughter will be totally in love with Jesus and devoted to Him. My greatest challenge is consistently setting that example myself! I would love this wonderful book to read with her when she is a bit older.

I think the greatest challenge in raising my daughter is instilling all the Biblical values I want in her, while at the same time living it, not just preaching it! I also struggle with feeling like I have no clue, because I never had a mother to talk to me about anything! That's where books like this come in handy :) Thanks for the chance to win!

My greatest hope is that she will be more Christ-like than me. I want her to do something great for Him. I want to raise her in a way that I wasn't, not that I was raised poorly. I just want her to be more aware of the qualities that make her a child that God can use. My greatest challenge is ME!

What is your greatest hopes or challenges when it comes to raising your daughters?

--My daughter, the only girl amongst 4 brothers including her twin, is only 18 months old!

I'm not sure about a greatest challenge. I'm sure she's still small to come up with that, but maybe a greatest hope? Of course I hope for her to find and trust in Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord - boss of her life. But I hope so much more: I hope she recognizes her place in His kingdom and is willing to be used in whatever way the Lord would choose to use her, and that she would become the best woman, wife, and mother - according to the Lord's guiding principles - that she can be.

I have one daughter, age 15. My greatest fear is that she will not have the training and heart that she needs as a grown woman. That her heart will not be towards raising a family. (She's been expressing interest in my husband's former career: Police Officer!).

My greatest hope is that she continues in her walk with the Lord and will allow Him to lead her in her life.

I was not raised in a home that set me up to teach my five daughters how to be women of God. Now that I know my dear Lord and Savior, I pray that He will help me teach them and model to them a life that is pleasing to Him. Thank you!

I have 4 daughters, (one with the Lord due to stillbirth in November). I am learning each and every day how to be a good role model for my daughters since my own mother did not have a heart for God. I take advantage of other godly mothers and keep the Bible at my side. :o)

My biggest hope for my daughter would be that she stay focused on the Lord. Not let the distractions of this world let her lose sight for that precious relationship with Jesus! Thanks for this opportunity!

I have two daughters and am expecting a third,and my greatest desire is for them to love the Lord with all their heart, mind, soul and strength, and to live as Christians challenging the social norms!lisa.suit@yahoo.com

I have two little girls that I absolutely adore and would love to win this FOR. My greatest aspiration for them is that they would grow up pursuing the first commandment always, and that their relationship with their parents would be wholesome and trusting

I have two little girls I would love to win this for. My greatest aspiration as their Mommy is that they would grow up pursuing the first and second commandment of love, and that they would trust, love and obey we, as their parents. =)

My greatest hope is that I'm raising my daughters to want to become wives and mothers and continue on God's path for them. My challenges are not giving them so much that they see home life as drudgery.

I would love to have this book as i look forward to raising my daughters as virtous maidens for God, Community, Nation and their respective husbands-to-be. I didn't have the opportunity of my mum spending time with me in God's word because my parents got seperated when i was quite young. This book will surely be a blessing.

As I have no biological daughters of my own, my prayer is to invest in the university girls I minister to; to leave a legacy for them in my mentoring that they may be prepared to raise their own daughters in a way that would honor our Lord.

I daughter is still only a baby, but I always like to know what I'm getting into well before I need it! I wasn't taught anything about how to be a pure woman, though God in His mercy protected me. I want to give my daughter more.

My greatest challenge for my daughters is to go against the culture of sensuality and be an example to them of purity and godly womanhood. My hopes are for them to follow Christ and be a wonderful helpmeet and blessing to their husband in raising a godly seed.

My fifth baby is my first daughter. Wow, what a different perspective i have in raising her compared to my boys! I am already enjoying some lectures by Stacy and would love her book too! She's got great things to think about that I had never considered.

My greatest hope is that she would love the Lord with all of of heart and follow him all of her days. That she will find a wonderful godly husband and have many godly children. And always be my best friend.

My greatest hope is that she would love the Lord with all of of heart and follow him all of her days. That she will find a wonderful godly husband and have many godly children. And always be my best friend.

In this age,culture and society and peer pressure from kids coming from various backgrounds, raising kids and addresssing issues in a godly way is a challenge.I would definetly love to get this book as I have a soon to be an ex-tween and a tween daughters.

First and foremost I hope my daughter will have a personal relationship with Jesus Christ. I also hope that she will have a better relationship with my husband and I than either of us had with our parents.

My greatest challenge in raising my daughters is being a good example to them. I wish that someone had told me when I was a child that I needed to live my life so that it would lead others to heaven. Especially my future husband and children. I don't think anyone ever told me that. I think that, if they had, it would have made a difference in where I was in life when I was married and raising my girls.

My desire is for my girls to grow up living a life that is pleasing to God. Guiding them to the life live the way God would like them to live even if that isn't how others are living the same way.shuttermom77 atgmail dot com

my girls see so many women - good Christian women who don't believe as I do and they want to know why I am the 'oddball" . when I say I believe the bible says they should be homemakers they get confused becuz of those other women.

I am constantly amazed at all the ways things could 'go wrong' in today's world. We just went to a baby shower for a dear friends daughter who is expecting, but not married.One of my daughters commented that the expectant mom did not look happy, one of my other daughters replied' that's because she went about it all the wrong way'. I was so happy that they felt that way...my oldest even had trouble signing the card ." I don't want to say congratulations, so I guess I'll say best wishes" So glad they have a vision for family and what is SUPPOSED to look like.I guess the hardest thing I feel it is to give as a mother to my daughters is Vision, and to really hold their hearts.

My 2 step daughters were not raised in the church and both have children out of wedlock and at a VERY young age (20 and 18). I want so much more for my daughter so she will not have to suffer the way her sisters have with their choices. I could REALLY use this book!

Although I was brought up in a church, "church" was not mentioned throughout the week at home. I'm hoping to give my daughters a stronger foundation than I was given and this book would be a great resource. Thanks!

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